Background
Jackson, Amy Berman was born on July 22, 1954 in Baltimore. Daughter of Barnett and Mildred (Sauber) B.
Jackson, Amy Berman was born on July 22, 1954 in Baltimore. Daughter of Barnett and Mildred (Sauber) B.
Harvard University (Bachelor of Arts, cum laude, 1976. Juris Doctor, cum laude, 1979). Law Clerk to Judge Harrison L. Winter, United States.
Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit, 1979-1980. Assistant United States. Attorney, District of Columbia, 1980-1986.
Jackson received her A.B., cum laude from Harvard College in 1976 and her J.D., cum laude from Harvard Law School in 1979. After graduating from law school, Jackson served as a law clerk to Harrison L. Winter of the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit. She specialized in complex litigation, criminal investigations and defense, criminal trials, civil trials, and appeals.
In 2009 Jackson represented nine-term Representative for Louisiana's 2nd congressional district William J. Jefferson in his corruption trial. Jackson has served as an expert legal commentator for many news organizations, such as Fox News Channel, CNN, NBC, and MSNBC.
On June 17, 2010, President Obama nominated Jackson to fill a vacant seat on the United States District Court for the District of Columbia that was created by the transition to senior status in 2007 by Judge Gladys Kessler. Her nomination lapsed at the end of 2010, but Obama renominated her on January 5, 2011.
The United States Senate confirmed Jackson in a 97-0 vote on March 17, 2011. She received her commission on March 18, 2011. Selected opinions
On March 2, 2012, Jackson ruled that the National Labor Relations Board had limited authority to require private businesses to display posters informing workers about labor rights.
On March 23, 2012, Jackson overturned a decision by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) that revoked a permit for the Spruce 1 mine project in Logan County, West Virginia, on the ground that the EPA did not have power under the Clean Water Act to rescind the permit. That ruling was reversed by the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit in April 2013, and on September 30, 2014, Jackson ruled in the EPA's favor, allowing its veto of the permit to stand. In December 2013, Jackson ruled that the Roman Catholic Diocese of Washington, D.C. must cover birth control and abortifacients for its employees under the Affordable Care Act despite a ban on abortion or contraception in Roman Catholic doctrine.
Jackson served on the Board of the Washington D.C.
Board of directors Rape Crisis Center, Washington, 1986-1989. Member American Bar Association (litigation section, co-chairman training advising committee 1989-1991, co-director division IV since 1991), District of Columbia Bar Association (delegate to American Bar Association House of Delegates 1986-1989, chair judicial evaluation committee since 1992), Women's Bar Association District of Columbia.
Married Darryl W. Jackson, April 1, 1989.